FINAL POLL: JOY DIVISION'S BATTLE OF THE 6

Atmosphere for me. A sonic masterpiece. When they started the set with this at the Gorge i got weak in the knees...could have been the *^#@ though.

DANCE-DANCE-DANCE-DANCE-DANCE TO THE RADIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, weren't they a punk band, after all?

A song full of energy, specially when played live. Wonderful.

And the best version is the Peel Sessions one. Amazing.

Well, i hate to be extermely un-orignal, but it has to LWTUA, its the 1st joy Division song i heard, and its the one i still return to and love more every day, its the perfect record, im not the only one who thinks that. New Dawn Fades and Atmosphere follow closely behind though, especially the live version of NDF on Still, where you can just hear emotion pouring out of Ians voice.

And anyway isnt this whole poll thing becomeing a bit tiresome?

In Stockholm last year Barney said before he start singing Atmosphere... "This is my favorite Joy Division song...problaby it's the best song we ever written it's call Atmosphere..." A agree Barney it's the best Joy Division song...but I'm not so sure if it's the best song they ever written...

IT DID....LWTUA

Atmosphere......definitely the quintessential Joy Division song. Such melancholy power, like In a lonely place. I think SLC is up there, though. When Closer was reviewed in 1980, 24 Hours was considered the 'centre-piece' of the album, but I would have included Passover or Decades in this selection instead. It's all subjective, of course.

Atmosphere

It's such a beautiful song.

Love will terrace apart.

Each one is so different and each one is so truly amazing that it is like deciding whether you prefer lobster mousse wrapped in smoked salmon or fillet steak stilton rarebit or a bottle of chateaux lascombes 82 or clotted cream scones with strawberry jam or..... steak pudding chips and gravy. Will just have to chew on this a while.

I had to pick the classic LWTUA out of that bunch...

LWTUA - 2nd best song ever written. Was close to tears when they played it at the Apollo come back gig in 98. Never thought i'd get to hear ir live. Beautiful. :) :) :) :) :)

i had to chose between atmosphere and NDF. well i did choose Atmosphere. Wonderful song.

Btw: why isn't Dead souls nominated? Very impressive song IMHO.

Nanne

chose NDF - my all time favourite track by anyone.

it's the only song (i don't want to sound like Jo Wiley here but i'm gonna) where i feel raw emotion. it touches me like no other song. a real raised hairs on the back of the neck job!

New Dawn Fades makes me sad, I always mumble the lyrics every time I hear it, and it tears me apart every time. Check One in the vote.

went with New Dawn fades, always wanted to learn that on guitar but to dumb to figure out. could have gone with LWTUA but if i had my drothers it would have been decades, that's the song that gets me.

and Ceremony, the live Joy Division version I think is particularly ace.

I've gone for She's Lost Control over the others because Joy Division made it brilliant not once but twice. Two totally contrasting takes on the song, as opposed to the evolving versions of the others, particularly LWTUA.

For me the original lp version is simply THE best song ever - by anyone. IMHO, that this song represents the band at their peak. Bass and drums forcefully underpinning Ian's vocal and one of the best riffs Bernard ever played.

Oh yeah and Ian's accompanying dance.

The re-recorded 12" versions (with or without the fade out ending), show that the band were not afraid to deconstruct a song always acknowledged as one of their classics and give it a whole new sound.

I suppose on any other day I (or any other fan) could easily elicit their own feelings of any of the other five, or indeed any of the other 40 or 50 JD songs, and thats why Joy Division are the best band ever.

It's just that She's Lost Control is my personal favourite.

I probably lost the 6 best polling, when I perhaps been voted in this order: (1) Transmission, (2) Digital, (3) She's Lost Control - single version, (4) Disorder, (5) Walked In Line and (6) Isolation. Anyway, my best JD track is Transmission, as voted above.

Originally posted by Alexandre Travassos DANCE-DANCE-DANCE-DANCE-DANCE TO THE RADIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hey, weren't they a punk band, after all?A song full of energy, specially when played live. Wonderful.And the best version is the Peel Sessions one. Amazing.

Punk attitude....but more a 'Dance band' as time has shown us (with a little cathasis thrown in).

Originally posted by ShugZV©
When I was a big jessie....and was in love, it was definitely 24 hours.....but since I got sensible it'll be NDF. To listen to that on a miserable grey day, when it's pissing down, and Celtic have just got beaten by a dodgy penalty in the 3rd minute of injury time at Castle Greyskull, the dog's just pegged it and I've run out of fags and beer.......it'd still cheer me up

So Shug, your not a big-jessie any more then.....?

Atmosphere, one the greatest records ever!

Since Dead Souls is not on the list, I'm gonna go with She's Lost Control.

I don't know why people like Atmosphere so much. That's the only song where Ian's voice sounds so stupid.

TwentyFourHours I dont know why but it just is

Would've voted for Ceremony but it's been omitted for some reason...Strange that!

Hard to pick between SLC and Transmission for me, I think I picked Transmission because it's more fun and prettier and more exhilerating, but SLC is just as good a song and the lyrics are some of their best. LWTUA is hard to hold apart from the hype surrounding it, hard to separate from that, but still one of their best.

Ceremony may be my favorite of all but the situation there is hard to deal with since we don't have a good Joy Division recording. Sheer genius, those interwoven guitar and basslines and vocal melodies. I could listen to it over and over for hours and i probably have.

Alyssa

if i had to choose one of those six, it has to be LWTUA, followed by Atmosphere.

She's Lost Control: quintessentially JD, what with the combined use of electronic & acoustic drums, a killer bass line, grrrreat guitar breaks and such poignant lyrics.

were is disorder

i had to go with LWTUA. it's a sentimental song for me.

...'tho atmosphere is a close second.

what is this suppose to mean except that this poll is for the best song that is voted by a majority?. My favorite Joy Division song isn't on there..i dont see the point of this...

whats it going to say after the poll's ended?.."officially the best Joy Division song, you must agree"..bollocks to that, im not voting.

call me commercial if you like...but its LWTUA without question...I do think Atmosphere is a beautiful song but its just sooooo intense. Shes Lost Control is also excellent...but LWTUA wins it hands down, if only for the title - which is one of my alltime fav lyrics.

LWTUA IMO the best song ever. If mankind could tap into all the raw energy there is in this song Saudi Arabia would have to export dates.

Originally posted by Sean Komakino what is this suppose to mean except that this poll is for the best song that is voted by a majority?. My favorite Joy Division song isn't on there..i dont see the point of this...whats it going to say after the poll's ended?.."officially the best Joy Division song, you must agree"..bollocks to that, im not voting.

I think you're perhaps taking this a little too seriously. My favorite is on the list, but it's not winning. So what?

Atmosphere is the easy #1 choice for me.

New Dawn Fades is my favourite JD song followed by Decades, The Eternal, Day of the Lords and Dead Souls.

Atmosphere. I've requested it for my funeral.It will still be brilliant in 40? years time. Was this track written before Chariots of fire as someone has pointed out to me a certain similarity? Who ripped off who?

"Love Will Tear Us Upart" is my favorite Joy Division. because it was the first song of them i had ever heard, it expreessd

hmm, well I have never liked atmosphere that much....good song, yes, their best....nah ah. not too many choices to choose from but two of my all time favs are up there: SLC and Transmission. SLC I think is near perfection. I love Transmission...good memories attached to it, fuckin GREAT to dance to, but SLC has everything.....synths, good rythym , classic Hooky bassline....and everytime I hear it it makes me think of the video right here on NOOL....which by the way, please bring those back soon!@!!! I wanna see Ian dance again!!! So SLC it is. It may not win, but its got my support.

Originally posted by Mr. Streak hmm, well I have never liked atmosphere that much....good song, yes, their best....nah ah. not too many choices to choose from but two of my all time favs are up there: SLC and Transmission. SLC I think is near perfection. I love Transmission...good memories attached to it, fuckin GREAT to dance to, but SLC has everything.....synths, good rythym , classic Hooky bassline....and everytime I hear it it makes me think of the video right here on NOOL....which by the way, please bring those back soon!@!!! I wanna see Ian dance again!!! So SLC it is. It may not win, but its got my support.

My choice as well.

where's disorder thats a fantasic song!

Hmmm, Well, I have to say that the list of options is pretty weak. It's mostly comprised of "hits", or at least the songs that most people who are not fans would know, which is a bit dissapointing. Out of the given titles, I have to go with NDF, but my real choice would have been heart and soul, or perhaps decades. Two of the most haunting and beautiful pieces of music ever recorded, period.

I understand the concept of songs having been " eliminated" and all that, whats dissapointing is that I figured the people who care enough to be involved with these forums would be less apt to eliminate all but the most well known, " radio friendly" songs from a band that goes WAY deeper than mass media popularity. My mistake.

transmission, just for the unbeatable sense of getting something out of your system.

Atmosphere. Pure classical music.

Damn it! ALL of these songs are great!

But I have to admit it: LWTUA was the first JD song I fell in love with, and then the others followed suit. The newer version (in a different key) played live by NO on Jools Holland's show was BRILLIANT! Too bad the video archive is down! :(

since colony didn't make te cut, and i didn't think it would, i'd have to go with athmosphere